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2004 Ruinart Brut Dom Ruinart Rose

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January 1, 2023 - $240

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RATINGS

95Vinous / IWC

A wine of exquisite beauty... The berry, floral, spice and mineral-drenched flavors are finely sketched in this dramatic, strikingly beautiful Rosé from Ruinart.

94The Wine Advocate

...red berries, dried orange rind, potpourri, iodine, toasted nuts and wet chalk, it's medium to full-bodied, broad and textural, with a more multidimensional, vinous profile...lively acids and a chalky finish.

94Wine Spectator

Richly aromatic, with smoke and spring blossom notes wafting through the fine and creamy layers of baked strawberry, singed orange peel and candied ginger flavors, while racy acidity forms a finely meshed frame that drives this to the long, minerally finish.

93Wine Enthusiast

This is a classic style, ripe with a relatively high dosage and a mature taste...the fruitiness has been transformed into a splendid nutty, toasty wine with attractive acidity and a soft aftertaste.

18Jancis Robinson

.. Pretty smart toasty nose. Lovely start with rose-petal aromas. A really complete wine...

PRODUCER

Ruinart

Ruinart is a historic Champagne domaine in Reims. It was founded in the early 18th century by Nicolas Ruinart, who named it after his uncle the monk Dom Thierry Ruinart, who was an early advocate for the sparkling wines of Champagne. The estate refers to itself as the first true Champagne producing domain, having shipped its first commercial vintage in 1730. Today Ruinart is part of the LVMH empire of luxury goods. The estate does not own its own vineyards but obtains its grapes from growers who control some 650 acres of vineyards. About 2.5 million bottles are produced annually. The prestige cuvee is the 100% Chardonnay Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blanc, though the estate also makes well-regarded roses and non-vintage Champagnes.

REGION

France, Champagne

Champagne is a small, beautiful wine growing region northeast of Paris whose famous name is misused a million times a day. As wine enthusiasts and all French people are well aware, only sparkling wines produced in Champagne from grapes grown in Champagne can be called Champagne. Sparkling wines produced anywhere else, including in other parts of France, must be called something besides Champagne. Champagne producers are justifiably protective of their wines and the prestige associated with true Champagne. Though the region was growing grapes and making wines in ancient times, it began specializing in sparkling wine in the 17th century, when a Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon formulated a set guidelines to improve the quality of the local sparkling wines. Despite legends to the contrary, Dom Pérignon did not “invent” sparkling wine, but his rules about aggressive pruning, small yields and multiple pressings of the grapes were widely adopted, and by the 18th and 19th centuries Champagne had become the wine of choice in fashionable courts and palaces throughout Europe. Today there are 75,000 acres of vineyards in Champagne growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Champagne’s official appellation system classifies villages as Grand Cru or Premier Cru, though there are also many excellent Champagnes that simply carry the regional appellation. Along with well-known international Champagne houses there are numerous so-called “producer Champagnes,” meaning wines made by families who, usually for several or more generations, have worked their own vineyards and produced Champagne only from their own grapes.